As we learned from a Transponder Snail last year, Netflix’s live-action One Piece adaptation is returning for a second season. Now, the show has cast four Baroque Works villains.
The quest will continue
September 14, 2023: Luffy & Co. will be back for more seafaring adventures on Netflix, as soon as the streamer settles with SAG-AFTRA. Netflix announced season 2 of the live-action adaptation, with a Transponder Snail doing most of the talking. “To everyone who’s been a fan of One Piece for years, and to those who experienced One Piece for the first time, thank you so much,” mangaka Eiichiro Oda said through the snail. “Two weeks after the launch, I just received some great news. Netflix has decided to renew the show! The adventures of Iñaki and the live-action Straw Hats will continue onward!”
One Piece is an adaptation of the manga and anime created by Oda-Sensei, about the Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Crew, on the quest to find the titular One Piece and become King of the Pirates. The Netflix adaptation has been a rousing success, if the number of thirst edits of Buggy the Pirate Clown are a reliable metric. There is a lot of One Piece yet to adapt, but Tomorrow Studios CEO Marty Adelstein told Variety the scripts for season two are already written. Once Netflix bargains with SAG for a new contract, season 2 could be done in as few as 12 months.
June 26, 2024: Finally, here’s one piece of substantial new One Piece information. Netflix has cast its first four agents of the crime syndicate Baroque Works. The villains that the Straw Hats will face off against include Daniel Lasker (Raised by Wolves) as Mr. 9, Camrus Johnson (Batwoman) as Mr. 5, Jazzara Jaslyn (Warrior) as Miss Valentine, and David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) as Mr. 3. Looks like a few fancasts came true! Hey, if it ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it.
Out from the shadows comes your first look at who's playing the Baroque Works agents! pic.twitter.com/k0G7A94QnE
— ONE PIECE(ワンピース) Netflix (@onepiecenetflix) June 25, 2024
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